Polymer thick-film sensors: possibilities for smartcard biometrics

Henderson, N.J. and Papakostas, T.V. and White, N.M. and Hartel, P.H. (2001) Polymer thick-film sensors: possibilities for smartcard biometrics. In: 11th Conf. on Sensors and Their Applications, London, UK.

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Abstract:	In this paper the potential of polymer thick-film sensors are assessed for use as biometric sensors on smartcards. Piezoelectric and piezoresistive sensors have been printed on flexible polyester, then bonded to smartcard blanks. The tactile interaction of a person with these sensors has been investigated. It was found that whilst piezoresistive films offer good dynamic and static sensing properties, the relative complexity of their measurement circuitry over that of piezoelectrics, favours the use of piezoelectric films in the smartcard arena. The outline of a novel biometric discrimination method is presented, for which an equal false- cceptance and falserejection error rate of 2.3% is reported.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Copyright:	© 2001 IOP
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Distributed and Embedded Systems (DIES)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/55684
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